Fire hits West Grove strip mall

AFTERMATH of a fire at a strip mall on Valley View Street in West Garden Grove (OCFA photo).

A fire ravaged a strip mall Thursday night in West Garden Grove.

According to the Orange County Fire Authority, the call came in at 8:41 p.m. about the blaze in the 12500 block of Valley View Street, between Cerulean Avenue and Lampson Avenue.

Damage extended along a stretch of storefronts between a children’s day care center and a bagel shop. Forty firefighters extinguished the fire and the cause is under investigation.

The largest buildings in the center – Dairy Queen, Shakey’s Pizza and Estrada’s Grill – were not damaged.